Sanitary holder for toilet articles, &amp;c.



f l J. SENEGAS. SANITARY HOLDER FUR TOILET ARTICLES, &c. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, |915.

1,171.262. Patented Feb. 8,1916.

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JEAN sNGAs, or NEW Yoan, N. Y.

SANITARY HOLDER FOR TOILET ARTICLES, &c.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Application led March 29, 1915. Serial No. 17,793.

when not in actual use, toilet articles such as y tooth brushes and shaving brushes and accest sories like the tubes of dentifrice or soap ordinarily used in connection therewith,the support being effected in such manner that all the articles are readily accessible at all times.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts described and claimed specifically, a distinctive feature being the arrangement of the brush support underneath a rest for a glass, shaving mug, or like receptacle, which latter may be thereby used as a canopy or shield for the brush, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Incidentally the invention includes certain other details of construction whereby the holder and the glass or similar receptacle used in connection therewith are adapted to the support of sticks or tubes of material to be used in conjunction with the brush or brushes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1,

is a front elevation of my holder made in the form of a bracket; Fig. 2, a horizontal section taken lupon plane of line Qf-2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a central vertical longitudinal section taken upon line 3e-3, Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a top view of the form shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a front elevation of a modification of the holder.

The device consists essentially of a standard S, formed at top with a table s, for the support of a glass, shaving mug, or similar receptacle R, (indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3) which is inverted over said table s, and with a brush shelf va', below, formed with recesses s2, adapted to accommodate the narrow portion of a brush handle. Thus in Fig. 3, a tooth brush is shown in dotted lines as so supported on the shelfs. The receptacle R, when inverted and resting upon the ytable s acts as a cover or canopy inclosmg .fthe brush bristles,| thereby shielding them from dust and keeping them clean and sanitary.

In order to lessen the liability of the displacement of the brushes by reason of jar or accidental contact therewith, I make the shelf s', inclined downward from front to rear, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3; and the positive retention of the Shanks of the brushes within the recesses s2, ma be insured by the use of a rubber ring or band b, fitting around the edge of the shelf s', which edge may be formed for the purpose with an annular groove or depression s, for the band b, the elasticity and resilience of which llatter will hold it in place and also admit of its being removed from the groove as, and moved temporarily above or below the shelf s', when it is desired t0 insert or withdraw a brush.

The standard S, terminates in a base S', which may be either in the form of a foot bearing or rest, as in Fig. 5, so that the device may be placed upon a latsurface, or the base S', may be of bracket form as in the first four figures of the drawings, and providedwith slots 3*, (Fig. 1,) for the accommodation of fastenings by which the device may be suspended upon a wall or other preferred support. This bracket form is desirable in that it is adaptable to the formation of a pocket like shelf s, upon which a tube of dentifrice, a shaving soap, stick or the like may be accommodated. l

The top of the table s, is preferably serrated or roughened to increase frictional contact with the bottom of the receptacle R.

While it is obvious that my holder may bey made of any desired or suitable material I prefer glass or porcelainfor sanitary reasons.

By my invention I attain a neat and compact construction and arrangement of parts adapted to the assembling and support in convenient and accessible relationship of dental or shaving brushes and their acces series. The shielding of the brush bristles from dust and contamination by contact with extraneous objects is an important sanitary advantage; and the grou ing of the several articles to be used toget er saves time, and tends to prevent their loss or misplacement. It will be noted in this connection that by the reversing of the receptacle R, upon the table s, I not only utilize it as a.

shield 0,11 canopy for the protection of the brush, but also insure its drainage and cleanliness, ready for immediate use When again wanted.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A holder of the character designated comprising a standard having a top portion for supporting a glass, an integral attaching portion with a pocket-like shelf upon one side of the standard and a brush shelf upon the opposite side of the standard having a recess to receive a brush handle.

2. A holder of the character designated comprising in a single element a standard with an offset portion for its attachment in position, a shelf at the upper end and a shelf Y below the same having recesses and With an annular groove, and an elastic ring retained Within said groove.

3. A holder of the character designated comprising in a single element a standard with an offset portion for its attachment in position, a shelf at the upper end and a shelf below the same having recesses and with an annular groove, and an elastic ring retained within said groove, there being a pocket-like shelf formed between the standard and its offset attaching portion.

JEAN SNGAS.

lVitnesses:

DOROTHY MIATT, GEO. WM. MIA'IT. 

